diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index e25c11dff525d8fc41b35ed5b05e00cd0b647bdc..314f54c8dbede77634df4324fbb7c339aa336430 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -2201,6 +2201,7 @@ void mlx4_en_destroy_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	if (!shutdown)
 		free_netdev(dev);
+	dev->ethtool_ops = NULL;
 }
 
 static int mlx4_en_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)